Belgium: IT and Internet

The European Commission has imposed interim measures requiring Meta to restore third-party AI assistant access to WhatsApp's Business API, marking a significant enforcement action under Article 102 TFEU. This decision addresses Meta's alleged abuse of dominant position by excluding competing AI assistants while maintaining access only for its own Meta AI. The case raises critical questions about competition enforcement in emerging digital markets and whether early foreclosure effects can irreversibly streng

The European Union's revised Cybersecurity Act advances through legislative procedures while facing significant Member State concerns about EU competence limits in cybersecurity matters. The proposed framework would empower the European Commission to exclude high-risk suppliers from the EU market, but questions arise about whether the EU has authority to act in areas traditionally reserved for national security.

The European Parliament and Council have formally adopted amendments to the EU Artificial Intelligence Act as part of the Digital Omnibus package, introducing extended compliance deadlines for high-risk AI systems, a targeted prohibition on AI-generated non-consensual intimate imagery, and measures to reduce regulatory duplication for businesses operating in the EU.

While considerable work remains on its detail, there is political agreement on the broad shape of the legislation.

On 17 October 2023, the French National Assembly adopted the Law to Secure and Regulate the Digital Space (the "Loi SREN").

This blog post is the second part of our digital law series in which we highlight the main changes in the digital age from a Tech & IP law perspective.

In a judgment of 26 June 2018, the Brussels Court of Appeal held that, by using its trade name "Sport Direct" and its website sportdirect.com for Belgian customers, Sport Direct BV was causing damage ...

Applying these principles to the case at hand, the ECJ first found that users of TPB were given access to copyright-protected works at all times and in all places.

Article 5(3) of the Brussels I Regulation provides that, in matters relating to tort, a person domiciled in an EU Member State may, in another EU Member State, be sued "in the courts for the place where the harmful event occurred or may occur".